Megan Barry was known for sticking to the script during her year of public campaigning to be Nashville’s mayor. She shied away from concrete policy promises. But she did make some commitments and relevant statements worth remembering.

Both candidates in Nashville’s mayoral runoff spent much of Election Day at the same place — the Cathedral of Praise. In the parking lot, they waved signs and shook hands with voters, though not with each other.

Their simultaneous presence solidified North Nashville's African-American community as the most contested battleground of the race.

Recycling rates in Nashville have flat-lined in recent years at 11,000-12,000 tons annually. As part of WPLN’s coverage of the mayoral race, listeners wrote in to ask if the candidates have plans for improvement.

North Nashville’s African-American community has the highest concentration of undecided voters in the city’s waning mayoral race, according to some of the only independent polling done in the race. And that’s where both candidates are focusing their offense and defense.